Robby
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #8,318 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 412 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,565since 1922
Robby over time
Rank among boys' names. Robby has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,776 | 28 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,080 | 25 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,339 | 32 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,231 | 34 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,826 | 42 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,274 | 34 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,057 | 38 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,250 | 34 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,881 | 39 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,433 | 47 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,337 | 44 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,015 | 50 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,778 | 56 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,964 | 46 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,599 | 61 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,373 | 72 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,279 | 79 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,077 | 104 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,043 | 107 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,000 | 111 | |
| 1989 | — | #839 | 142 | |
| 1988 | — | #865 | 120 | |
| 1987 | — | #824 | 128 | |
| 1986 | — | #744 | 149 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #700 | 158 |
| 1984 | — | #721 | 146 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #682 | 157 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #629 | 190 |
| 1981 | — | #585 | 212 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #551 | 240 |
| 1979 | — | #565 | 232 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #579 | 211 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #533 | 248 |
| 1976 | — | #643 | 164 | |
| 1975 | — | #572 | 199 | |
| 1974 | — | #564 | 202 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #517 | 231 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #445 | 318 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #433 | 354 |
| 1970 | — | #459 | 312 | |
| 1969 | — | #411 | 374 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #414 | 346 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #473 | 254 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #436 | 307 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #418 | 351 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #393 | 412 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #409 | 388 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #420 | 360 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #454 | 314 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #547 | 207 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #542 | 208 |
| 1958 | — | #539 | 204 | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #625 | 150 |
| 1956 | — | #624 | 149 | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #723 | 102 |
| 1954 | — | #727 | 98 | |
| 1953 | — | #798 | 80 | |
| 1952 | — | #870 | 65 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #958 | 52 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | — | #906 | 59 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Robby! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Robby
- 106 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #4,539)
- 398 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #4,539)
- 459 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1952 (#1,242 → #870)
- Biggest drop: 390 spots in 1948 (#906 → #1,296)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1964 at #393 (412 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1952–1990
- Highest: 1 in 4,781 boys born in 1969 were named Robby (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #393 in 1964, was only 1 in 4,837 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.4% of all boys named Robby (3,313) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 50 | #2,766 (1929) | #3,472 |
| 1930s | 130 | #1,238 (1939) | #2,220 |
| 1940s | 291 | #906 (1947) | #1,424 |
| 1950s | 1,130 | #539 (1958) | #783 |
| 1960s | 3,313 | #393 (1964) | #438 |
| 1970s | 2,471 | #433 (1971) | #531 |
| 1980s | 1,642 | #551 (1980) | #714 |
| 1990s | 724 | #1,000 (1990) | #1,525 |
| 2000s | 394 | #2,015 (2000) | #2,752 |
| 2010s | 282 | #2,826 (2010) | #3,850 |
| 2020s | 138 | #4,141 (2020) | #4,401 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Robby in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 183,951 of them was named Robby, which outranked 46.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,619Yulonda12
- #3,619Zetta12
- #3,619Zsazsa12
- #3,827Robby11
- #3,827Adaline11
- #3,827Alfrieda11
- #3,827Amada11
- #4,031Al10
- #4,031Aleatha10
- #4,031Anastacia10
Tied with 203 names at #3,827; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 10,262 of them was named Robby, which outranked 88.1% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).